Agents
An agent file should be more than a boundary list.
Signalane treats agent instructions as collaboration architecture: anchor, role, current truth, evidence, handoff, and recovery path.
Mini thesis
Agents do not stay reliable because a file says "do this" and "do not do that."
Boundary lists stop obvious mistakes, but serious agent work fails through quieter drift: stale scope, lost reasoning, preserved handoffs that no longer match the work, and instructions that cannot return to a living decision point.
Read first The Anchor Is Not the File
Stable AI collaboration depends on a living return point, not only instruction files.
Deepen Anchored Agent Files and Collaboration ConstitutionA public-safe method note on anchored, person-specific operating files.
Operational safety Handoffs Are Safety SurfacesContinuity needs truth, not performance, when work crosses sessions or agents.
Next branch: Agentic AI